Quebec

Community organizations and immigrant lobby groups in Quebec are speaking out against a provincial welfare reform bill 70 that would force require new social assistance applicants to enter the job market as soon as possible.

If you are working in Quebec and holding a Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ), you need to have a valid work permit while you are waiting on a decision for your immigration application.

Quebec’s population growth slowed in 2015 as more Quebecers died, fewer babies were born and fewer immigrants settled in the province, but Quebec is expecting to reverse the trend in 2016, thanks to the arrival of Syrian refugees.

The Quebec investor program is the most popular business immigration program in Canada for the last 20 years. The program was closed for revision and will accept application again with no limited cap however there are a few changes in the program.

A change in the eligibility requirements for skilled worker Francophone applicants who are interested to apply for jobs in Canada. These changes will allow Canadian employers outside the province of Quebec to hire French-speaking workers more easily than before.

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Canada’s economy created 320,000 jobs in the 12 months leading up to December

Newcomers are essential to Canada’s short-term recovery and long-term prosperity, including in the health care sector. As we continue to welcome newcomers who bring the essential skills, we need for our economy to thrive, settlement services play a key role in helping them to succeed.

The wait is over for the students who have been waiting to apply for their study permits. The Quebec Government (MIFI) has started issuing updated CAQs which will serve as an Attestation Letter required to apply for a study permit as per the instructions by the Federal Government released on January 22, 2024.

The province of Ontario announced two new invitation rounds where Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System scores as low as 351 were issued an invitation.

Quebec is thanking asylum seekers who have been on the front lines in helping the province during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Federal Court has ruled that students do not need to pay all or part of their tuition fees for a study permit application

Ottawa will give Quebec $750 million to address the surge in temporary immigrants while promising quicker asylum claim processing and better distribution of refugees across Canada.

Earlier this month, Quebec Immigration announced that the Quebec Skilled program cap has been reached. Therefore the only alternative for this group of applicant is Federal Skilled Worker program. The Federal Skilled Worker points system program is on the base of applicant's skills and Work experience.

A majority of Canadians continue to hold positive views on key aspects of immigration and few see immigrants and refugees as a pressing national concern, a new Environics Institute survey has found.

Quebec immigration on 11th of November 2015 has announced that the quota for the first of two application submission periods under the Quebec Skilled worker program has been reached . The next submission period, which will be processed through a new online system, begins on January 18, 2015 with a limited cap of 2800 applications.

Employers will have access to bank of Quebec Skilled Worker Program candidates next February

Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, and Ottawa all made the list due to large immigrant populations.

The most recent results from British Columbia, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan.

The Global talent Stream is now available to employers in the province of Quebec, allowing them to hire certain skilled foreign workers quickly with a two-week processing time standard for applications.